Ball.



PATENTED JUNE so, 1903.

K: V. PAINTER.

BALL.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR, 19, 1903.

N0 IODEL Iatented une 30, 1903;.

PATENT OFFICE.

KENYON v. PAINTER, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BALL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,583, dated June 30,1903.

Application filed March 19,1903. Serial No- 148,589. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KENYON V. PAINTER, a resident of Cleveland, in thecounty of Guyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Balls; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to an improvement in balls, and more particularlyto golf-balls and the like, the object of the invention being to provideimprovements of this character which will result in a ball of maximumelasticity and driving power, yet of the proper size and weight for thepurposes intended.

A further object is to utilize crude rough rubber, known in the trade aspure Para gum, pure or approximately pure, in the construction of theball, which in combination with the other elements produce a ballsuperior to anything heretofore known.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construc tion and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in section illustratingmy improvements, and Figs. 2 and 3 are similar views of modifications.

1 represents an inner solid core, which is preferably of gutta-percha,although it may be of metal, hard rubber, clay, or any other material.The core 1 is surrounded and inclosed in a covering 2, of porous gum orrubber, pure or approximately pure. This porous gum or rubber isproduced in sheets or blocks of irregular or uneven surface and more orless porous, so that when assembled around the core will form numerousair-cells, and while it is possible to produce gum or rubber withoutbeing porous I do not believe it possible to assemble such gum or rubberin a golf-ball withoutforming air-cells and resulting in porous gum orrubber, and it is therefore to be understood that when the term porousrubber is hereinafter employed itis intended to be construed broadlyenough to cover crude rough rubber or pure Para gum, pure orapproximately pure, or any form of rubber containing air-cells'oraircompartments. Around the crude or rough rubber or gum covering 2 astrip or strips of rubber 3 are wound under high tension, compressingthe covering 2 into comparatively small compass and maintaining itelastically bound into this size. Over the elastic binder 2 an outercovering or shell 4. is located, and this shell is preferably ofgutta-percha, although other material may be used, if preferred.

By employing crude orrough'rubber or gum I provide a substance ormaterial which is cheap to manufacture and capable of great elasticityand when elastically bound and held compressed by the bands 3 imparts tothe ball the maximum elasticity and driving power and results in a ballwhich is a vast improvement over anything heretofore known.

In the modified construction shown in Fig. 2 I illustrate a hollow'core5 instead of a solid core, as shown in- Fig. 1. This hollow core may beof any suitable material, elastic or inelastic-such as rubber,celluloid, gutta-percha, paper, metal, or any other material. In otherrespects the ball is of the same constructions as set forth in thedescription of the preferred form of my invention.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the ball constructed without any central coreother than the crude or rough rubber or gum 2;

It may be possible to utilize crude or rough rubber or gum, pure or.approximately pure, in the construction of golf-balls otherwise disposedwith relation to the other elements of the ball than hereinbeforedescribed, and as I claim, broadly, the use of this material in theconstruction of balls I 'do not wish to confine myself to the details ofconstruction set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make suchslight changes and alterations as fairly fall Within the spirit andscope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A ball composed in part of pure or approximately pure gum assembledso that aircells are formed substantially such as herein set forth.

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2. A ball composed in part of pure or approximately pure gum, assembledso that aircells are formed substantially such as herein set forth andan elastic binding holding the same under compression.

3. A ball composed in part of pure or approximately pure gum, assembledso that aircells are formed substantially such as herein set forth, anelastic binding holding the same under compression and an outer shell orcoverin g inclosing the binder.

4. A ball comprising an inner core, crude or rough rubber or gum aroundthe same and an inclosing elastic binder Wound around the crude or roughrubber or gum holding the same under compression.

5. A ball comprising an inner core, crude or rough rubber or gum aroundthe same, an elastic tape Wound under high tension around the crude orrough rubber or gum, and an outer shell inclosing the tape.

6. A ball comprising a solid gutta-percha eore,porous rubber or guminclosing the same, elastic tape Wound under high tension around theporous rubber and holding it under compression, and an outer shell orcovering of gutta-percha.

7. A ball, comprising an inner gutta-percha core, crude or rough rubberor gum inclosing the core, an elastic tape Wound under high tensionaround the crude or rough rubber or gum, and an outer shell or casing ofguttapercha.

8. A ball comprising a sphere of crude or rough rubber or gumsubstantially such as described, interposed between an inner core and anouter casing.

9. A ball comprising a sphere composed of crude or rough rubber or gumsubstantially such as herein described, retained under compression andinterposed between an inner core and an outer covering.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

KENYON V. PAINTER.

Witnesses:

S. W. Fos'rER, A. W. BRIGHT.

